Temple Grandin quotes - page 6

Half of Silicon Valley's got a little bit of autism. (Temple Grandin)
The animal that I have worked with the most is beef cattle, so that's my favorite animal, but I like all animals. View quote
Temple Grandin
here's certain things that are similar to cats and dogs. Dogs are just hyper social and they have a want to please you way more than a cat does. View quote
Temple Grandin
I've been on antidepressants for years, and it worked to stop my anxiety and didn't limit creativity. Some of the best work I've done, in fact, is after I started taking the antidepressants. View quote
Temple Grandin
To understand animal thinking you've got to get away from a language. View quote
Temple Grandin
There is three different ways that autistic kids will interact with animals.And they also need to make sure that they're not getting too rough with their animals - they need to learn how to pet the dog properly, they can't be pulling its ears and things like that. View quote
Temple Grandin
The reason why feral kitties are hard to tame is because they have missed socialization the period - you need to be touching and petting those kittens when they are real young. View quote
Temple Grandin
The dog is more social. I am not saying that cats are totally unsocial but dogs are more social. View quote
Temple Grandin
We found if you took the dog out for 45 minutes a day and worked with it that the solitary stress hormone, cortisol, went down. But then it went right back up again because they didn't keep doing it. View quote
Temple Grandin
The thing is, autism is a big spectrum. Going from folks who remain nonverbal, all the way up to, ya know, famous scientists and musicians. And we've got to work on strengths. We also have to work on teaching basic manners and skills. View quote
Temple Grandin
Us visual thinkers like me, be good at things like industrial design, graphics, art, those kind of jobs. (Temple Grandin)
When I was younger, I didn't even realize the way I think visually is different. View quote
Temple Grandin
In fact, there are autism clusters, you know, around some of the big tech centers. You take two socially awkward computer programmers and put them together, that can kind of concentrate the autistic genes. View quote
Temple Grandin
People on the autistic spectrum tend to get fixated on what they think. View quote
Temple Grandin
I think that the definition of autism is too broad. You got to remember, autism definition is a behavioral profiling. View quote
Temple Grandin
What do I do when I go home? Work. That's basically my social life. I'm married to work. View quote
Temple Grandin
People are getting too far away from the real-world. Politics is just ridiculous, it's totally dysfunctional. View quote
Temple Grandin
People need to learn how to work, learn how to support themselves. I think it's just fine to be eccentric. View quote
Temple Grandin
Most people don't realize that the slaughter plant is much gentler than nature. Animals in the wild die from starvation, predators, or exposure. If I had a choice, I would rather go through a slaughter system than have my guts ripped out by coyotes or lions while I was still conscious. Unfortunately, most people never observe the natural cycle of birth and death. They do not realize that for one living thing to survive, another living thing must die. View quote
Temple Grandin
The meaning of life is if something that you did made something better. View quote
Temple Grandin
I hate violent images in the movies. Since I think in pictures, it is difficult to get these images out of my memory. I do not want this bad stuff in my memory. Reading about violence does not upset me, it is seeing it. Cartoon violence and car crashes have no effect. The images I want to avoid are realistic depictions of torture and cruelty. (Temple Grandin)